The colloquia are held in Room 128 (old number: 114), Physics Building at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesdays unless noted otherwise (please see abstract for specific details). Tea and coffee is available before the colloquium in Room 128. Refreshments will be served after the colloquium (at around 4:30pm), and further discussions with the speaker are encouraged during this time. For additions, corrections, or questions please contact Nasser Demir at nsd5@phy.duke.edu.
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| Sept. 13 | Eva Silverstein Stanford University Hosts: Ronen Plesser, Alan Dunn |
String Theory and Cosmological Physics |
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| Sept. 27 | Moses Chan Penn State University Host: Phillip Wu |
Can a solid be a "superfluid"? |
| Oct. 4 |
Kate Scholberg Duke University |
Neutrinos from the Sky and through the Earth |
| Oct. 18 |
Mark Kruse Duke University |
Particle Physics at the Energy Frontier |
| Nov. 1 | Robert Dudley UC Berkeley Host: Horst Meyer |
From gliding ants to Andean hummingbirds and giant dragonflies: The mechanics and evolution of animal flight |
| Nov. 8 |
Ying Wu Duke University |
Light Source Development and User Application Research at Duke Free-Electron Laser Laboratory |
| Nov. 29 | Daniel P. Lathrop University of Maryland Host: Anna Lin |
Building laboratory models of planetary cores |